A criminalização do aborto e a assistência à saúde

Abstract

This work presents the results of an exploratory study with a qualitative approach, which analyzed the issue of criminalization of abortion and the position presented by the health professionals who act in a public health unity to women, related to the theme. This unity is located in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Assuming that abortion is considered a crime and is still done by women, how the position of the health professionals is presented and what is the contribution of this professionals in the theme debate and in the assistence to women. To the better comprehension of the theme we did a brief review about the construction of the health policy in Brazil since the start of the democracy until today, correlating health policies with election programs and the way the position on abortion interferes in the political and electoral life and, consequently in health policies. And, above all, how the reduction of investments at the public health policy unfavors attention to woman, specially on abortion periods. By gender related matters, the priority is given to births, while abortion is always pushed aside. The informations generated by the study allowed reaching the specific objectives of identifying, from the argumentative content of the health professionals, their positioning about the criminalization of abortion in the health assistence area, during and after pregnancy interruption process, and comprehend that, in what weigh the attention to the health of women who seek assistence to abortion, if there's the counterpoint between the legal aspect of criminalization of women that interrupt pregnancy voluntarily, and its service in public health network from humanized service, urging health professionals to assure their respect to human rights of women regardless of their religious and morals discrimination.